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Online Gallery features:

Karen Stanton
June 1, 2005 through June 30, 2005

  • Born in Southern California and raised in the Chicago Area. Came back to California 20 years ago to go to graduate school at Cal Berkeley in Architecture, and never left.
  • Have four kids aged 17, 14, 13 and 4.
  • Worked for several years as an architect in the East Bay doing residential design. But didn't find the joy in it that I found in architecture school or in my internships where I designed a gingerbread high rise, a Barcalounger chair, and images for Swid Powell china.
  • In the mid 90s, I took my first class in children's book writing. And began making art that still sells in galleries around the country.
  • After several years of classes and lots of waffling between the then male-dominant career of architecture and the female-dominant work of writing for children, I made the commitment to books.
  • As my 40th birthday loomed, I buckled down to the serious pursuit of finding a publisher for my picture book. Three months later I sold my first book Mr. K and Yudi which I wrote and illustrated.
  • On my 40th birthday, I had lunch in Manhattan, with my publisher and the art director for my book!
  • The book came out in spring 2001 with Children's Golden Books (who soon after were bought by Random House.)
  • My second book Papi's Gift will be coming out next year with Boyds Mills Press.
  • I am currently working on two middle grade novels and a few picture books. Last year I took over teaching a class on children's writing, illustration and publishing at CCSF for my friend and fellow illustrator Mira Reisberg. And I found that I love teaching.

Karen Stanton's children's writing, illustration and publishing at CCSF

Karen Stanton

South San Francisco

San Francisco

 

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Archive: Previous artists presented in this Online Gallery

Nancy Barnett North/Central April 2003
Carol Benioff East Bay May 2003
Cindy Ann Ganaden South San Francisco June2003
Deborah Nourse Lattimore North/Central July 2003
Sara Iravani Kahn South San Francisco September 2003
Elisa Kleven North/Central October 2003
Jan Adkins North/Central November 2003
Joy Allen North/Central December 2003
Yuyi Morales East Bay January 2004
Liz Cunningham East Bay February 2004
Brooke Scudder South San Francisco March 2004
Paula Pertile South San Francisco April 2004
South San Francisco May 2004
South San Francisco July 2004
Kris Aro McLeod North/Central August 2004
Sherry Rogers North/Central September 2004
Barbara Pollak East Bay October 2004
Kirsten Carlson North/Central November 2004
Jeff Jackson South San Francisco December 2004
Elly Simmons North/Central January 2005
Bob Barner South San Francisco February 2005
Lea Lyon East Bay March 2005
Lin Wang South San Francisco April 2005
Kieren Dutcher East Bay May 2005
Karen Stanton South San Francisco June 2005

Artist and illustrators previous school visits

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